Kenya's president will meet with President Donald Trump today as East Africa's commercial hub emerges from months of electoral turmoil. President Uhuru Kenyatta is the second African leader to meet with Trump at the White House. Nigeria's president visited earlier this year. Kenyatta's office says he and Trump will focus on trade and regional security.

Kenya is the third highest recipient of US security aid in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Security Assistance Monitor. Both Kenya and the US have troops in Somalia, and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group has crossed the border to carry out dozens of attacks inside Kenya, calling it retribution for sending troops. Nearly 100 Kenyan police officers have been killed since May 2017 in bombings and ambushes.